N212: Health Differences Across the Life Span 2

Health Differences Across the Lifespan 2 Study Guide • Nurses should apply principles of human relations to the problems that arise at all levels of experience. • Nursing is therapeutic in that it is a healing art (assisting an individual who is sick orin need of health care). • Nursing is an interpersonal process because it involves interaction between two or more individuals with a common goal. • The attainment of a goal is achieved through the use of a series of steps following aseries of pattern. • The nurse and patient work together so both become mature and knowledgeable in the process. 1.3 Roles of a Nurse Technical definitions: • Person: A developing organism that tries to reduce anxiety caused by needs • Environment: Existing forces outside the organism and in the context of culture • Health: A word symbol that implies forward movement of personality and other ongoing human processes in the direction of creative, constructive, productive, personal, and community living. • Nursing: A significant therapeutic interpersonal process. Nursing functions cooperatively with other human processes that make health possible for individuals in communities. The roles of a nurse: • Stranger: Receives the patient in the same way one meets a stranger in other life situations; provides an accepting climate that builds trust • Teacher: Imparts knowledge in reference to a need or interest • Resource person: Provides a specific needed information that aids in the understanding of a problem or newsituation • Counselor: Helps to understand and integrate the meaning of current life circumstances and provides guidance and encouragement to makechanges • Surrogate: Helps to clarify domains of dependence, interdependence, and independence and acts on the patient’s behalf as an advocate • Leader: Helps the patient assume maximum responsibility for meeting treatment goals in a mutually satisfying way The Four Sequential Phases in the Interpersonal Relationship 1. Orientation 2. Identification 3. Exploitation 4. Resolution ©2017 Achieve Test Prep Page 18 of 140